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Steve Gilliard (November 13, 1964 – June 2, 2007) was a freelance journalist and left-wing political blogger who ran the website The News Blog. Before he created that website, he was a commenter and guest poster on Daily Kos.

This page only contains information about Steve Gilliard's blog writing on Daily Kos; for additional information on his writing see the main Steve Gilliard page.

Contents 1 Front Page Posts 2 List of Post Links 2.1 April 2003 2.2 May 2003 2.3 June 2003 2.4 July 2003 2.5 August 2003 3 Original Sources

Front Page Posts

In the first post on April 3, 2003, Steve was designated by kos as one of two guest posters, along with Billmon, while Markos was out of town. Steve's was the day's second post, and he did seven posts in all that first day. He then posted daily for over two weeks, even when Markos was back in town, and during a second out-of-town jaunt when Steve had the posting reins with new guest poster Ron K, Seattle, Billmon having finally opened the Whiskey Bar (his new blog) to customers.

Steve continued with Ron as substitute bloggers for Markos, who had an increasingly busy schedule. Steve set up his own blog in August, with his first post appearing August 6, 2003; the blog was announced to the Daily Kos community by Markos in a post on August 7: Steve Gilliard has a new blog. Steve only posted on two subsequent days: once on August 15, and a final spate of four on August 28, 2003.

If anyone can more definitively identify authorship on the handful of unsigned stories listed herein, please update as appropriate.

List of Post Links

When Steve started posting at Daily Kos, the blog was using Movable Type software. Markos was the sole blogger, and comment threads popped up in a separate window. The Movable Type site has subsequently been archived at DailyKos.net, and all links are to that archive.

In the archive, direct links can only be made to individual front-page posts, and to the entire comment threads of those posts. Steve stopped posting before the changeover from Movable Type to Scoop software—though he did continue writing comments afterwards—so all of his front page posts are in the archive.

His posts were initially signed "Steve Gilliard" at the bottom; in June, he thrice placed the auctorial credit at the beginning of the post after the title, and switched permanently to top credits as of July 1, 2003.

Each post also lists the number of comments Steve made (if any) and the total number of comments made to that post by Daily Kos readers. After signing his very first comment in 2002 "sgilliard", he switched to "steve gilliard", and used that comment signature until late April 2003, when he switched permanently to "steve_gilliard".

Late on July 1, and lasting through the morning of August 16, Movable Type comments were shut down on Daily Kos because they were overloading the ISP's server. HaloScan comments were made available as a substitute shortly before noon on July 2, and commenting almost certainly resumed its previous average pace of 750 comments a day, but all these comments were lost when Movable Type comments were re-enabled in August. Assuming these averages held up, that's approximately 34,000 comments lost to posterity.

Using HaloScan was supposed to be a stopgap of no more than a week while a new, dedicated server for Daily Kos was configured and installed; instead, due to major problems with that server, HaloScan remained in use for a month and a half. Unfortunately, all comments that Steve wrote in this period are lost. Given that he averaged about three comments in his own posts, that's nearly 300 of his comments gone from his posts alone, and who knows how many from those published by Markos and RonK, plus the open threads.

April 2003

Thursday, April 3, 2003

• Good morning from your substitute blogger was Steve's first front-page post, in which he introduced himself and gave his background; it also has 4 of 57 comments by Steve
• Where is the Iraqi Army? was not signed, but the commenters assumed it was by Steve, and he made 4 of 216 comments. (The other active front-pager this day was Billmon, who wrote no comments to this story.)
• US to use tear gas in Iraq also has 2 of 39 comments by Steve.
• Is the US Plan working: A Russian View has no comments by Steve
• Admnistering Iraq has 2 of 24 comments by Steve.
• Armored Bulldozers. has 5 of 47 comments by Steve.
• The Battle for Baghdad? was also not signed, but Steve responds to the first comment and three other times, out of a total of 74 comments, while Billmon was silent.

Friday, April 4, 2003

• Who is the president? also had 2 of 158 comments by Steve
• Michael Kelly killed in Iraq also has 1 of 86 comments by Steve
• US Marine commander relieved of post in Iraq also has 5 of 44 comments by Steve
• The war is not over yet also has 11 of 121 comments by Steve

Saturday, April 5, 2003

• The tyranny of ideas also has 2 of 22 comments by Steve
• Raiding Baghdad was not signed, but one commenter addresses Steve directly, quoting from the article, and isn't corrected, so I'm assuming it's by Steve, who has 2 of 59 comments

Sunday, April 6, 2003

• David Bloom, 39, dies in Iraq was not signed, but Steve has 2 of 32 comments, and one of those two hearkens back to his Michael Kelly diary on April 4.
• US convoy hit by "friendly fire", BBC reporter hurt is an unsigned article with only 9 comments, and none by Steve or Billmon, so I can't be sure who did it.
• Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory also has 2 of 77 comments by Steve
• A question for the pro-war crowd has 4 of 94 comments by Steve
• The new rebuilders of Iraq has 2 of 26 comments by Steve

Monday, April 7, 2003

• About Iraqwar.ru and casualities also has 11 of 162 comments by Steve

Tuesday, April 8, 2003

• After Saddam: an Arab Congo? also has 6 of 122 comments by Steve

Wednesday, April 9, 2003

• Looting breaks out in Baghdad, British control looting in Basra also has 1 of 299 comments by Steve
• The Cost of War also has 2 of 162 comments by Steve

Thursday, April 10, 2003

• On SARS also has 1 of 32 comments by Steve
• How Iraq could devolve into Civil War also has 3 of 68 comments by Steve

Friday, April 11, 2003

• But...but we won...didn't we? also has 2 of 163 comments by Steve

Saturday, April 12, 2003

• Our addiction to proxies also has 2 of 57 comments by Steve
• Morally bankrupt leadership also has 11 of 121 comments by Steve

Sunday, April 13, 2003

• Who runs Iraq? was not signed, but Steve wrote 6 of 79 comments. RonK, the other active front-pager while kos was out of town, does not comment at all, so Steve's the more likely author.
• POW's rescued by Marines, Tikrit falls also has 3 of 34 comments by Steve
• The New, Improved Baath Party, now under new management also has 2 of 26 comments by Steve

Monday, April 14, 2003

• A culture of fear also has 3 of 262 comments by Steve
• The other shoe drops also has 2 of 41 comments by Steve

Tuesday, April 15, 2003

• Open thread has a paragraph on tax day and Iraq, and one comment by Steve
• Why should the Americans rule us? also has 3 of 72 comments by Steve
• US Troops in Mosul Shooting also has 5 of 70 comments by Steve

Wednesday, April 16, 2003

• The Sack of Baghdad also has 2 of 75 comments by Steve
• A Bush tell all on the way? also has 2 of 58 comments by Steve

Thursday, April 17, 2003

• The Greens, the Dems and 2004 also has 7 of 504 comments by Steve

Friday, April 18, 2003

• The tradeoff: services or taxes also has 2 of 66 comments by Steve
• The future of US foreign policy: the new era also has 2 of 47 comments by Steve

Monday, April 21, 2003

• Part 2: The Intelligence Community and foreign policy also has 1 of 7 comments by Steve
• The Third Bubble? also has 2 of 123 comments by Steve

May 2003

Saturday, May 3, 2003

• Why should we have our future decided by others? What we won in Iraq also has 4 of 122 comments by Steve, using his recently changed comment signature steve_gilliard

Wednesday, May 14, 2003

• Osama's back also has 5 of 132 comments by Steve
• The truth about Jayson Blair also has 8 of 57 comments by Steve

Thursday, May 15, 2003

• A Security Agenda also has 2 of 35 comments by Steve

Friday, May 16, 2003

• On the road to Civil War also has 3 of 58 comments by Steve

Saturday, May 17, 2003

• George Bush raised your taxes also has 2 of 98 comments by Steve
• Life in the National Security State also has 4 of 35 comments by Steve

Sunday, May 18, 2003

• War is a force that gives us meaning also has 4 of 48 comments by Steve

Monday, May 19, 2003

• The war on terror also has 3 of 69 comments by Steve
• Our friends in Mexico also has 1 of 77 comments by Steve

Sunday, May 25, 2003

• Why not paying troops is a bad idea also has 1 of 29 comments by Steve
• The banality of hypocracy also has 8 of 76 comments by Steve

Monday, May 26, 2003

• A land without consequences also has 4 of 121 comments by Steve
• Minor combat operations also has 2 of 26 comments by Steve
• Twenty years in a wall has no comments by Steve in the 11 posted.
• UN criticizes US demobilization plan also has 2 of 23 comments by Steve

Saturday, May 31, 2003

• It's not only the WMD also has 1 of 39 comments by Steve
• "Pit bulls on a chain" also has 2 of 143 comments by Steve
• "We simply didn't understand it." also has 4 of 98 comments by Steve

June 2003

Sunday, June 1, 2003

• Failure at Gitmo also has 1 of 28 comments by Steve
• A theory of idiocy also has 2 of 61 comments by Steve
• Secretary of Everything also has 1 of 32 comments by Steve

Thursday, June 5, 2003

• So why was Martha indicted? also has 8 of 89 comments by Steve
• Why the snipe hunt matters also has 2 of 66 comments by Steve

Friday, June 6, 2003

• UN team arrives in Iraq also has 1 of 80 comments by Steve
• No end in sight also has 1 of 93 comments by Steve
• Iraq Sunni cleric calls for jihad also has 3 of 55 comments by Steve

Saturday, June 7, 2003

• Oh yeah, about that Afghan War.... also has 3 of 45 comments by Steve
• Is Bush lying? also has 9 of 157 comments by Steve

Sunday, June 8, 2003

• Is Blair lying? also has 8 of 106 comments by Steve
• Rummy's New Model Army also has 2 of 29 comments by Steve

Monday, June 9, 2003

• Al Qaeda Prisoners deny Baghdad link also has 3 of 34 comments by Steve

Wednesday, June 11, 2003

• Welcome to the miniwar also has 5 of 24 comments by Steve
• Delusions also has 3 of 53 comments by Steve
• How not to manage a colony also has 4 of 90 comments by Steve
• How Congress hinders mideast policy also has 4 of 215 comments by Steve

Friday, June 13, 2003

• The Secretary of Everything strikes again also has 5 of 216 comments by Steve

Saturday, June 14, 2003

• McKiernan's dilemma also has 5 of 77 comments by Steve
• Even the children scare me also has 3 of 36 comments by Steve
• Bremer's dilemma also has 4 of 65 comments by Steve

Sunday, June 15, 2003

• The disconnect also has 2 of 61 comments by Steve
• Come to Jesus, Iraqis, well the 98 percent who aren't Christians also has 1 of 146 comments by Steve
• Another day, another ambush has no comments by Steve in the 19 posted.
• The New Radicals also has 1 of 35 comments by Steve
• They will find no WMD in Iraq also has 4 of 175 comments by Steve

Tuesday, June 17, 2003

• So Gitmo isn't a Gulag? also has 1 of 43 comments by Steve

Wednesday, June 18, 2003

• Blair's troubles just begining also has 1 of 96 comments by Steve

Thursday, June 19, 2003

• The Problems of rear area security also has 2 of 31 comments by Steve

Friday, June 20, 2003

• In the Irony Department also has 2 of 57 comments by Steve—an article about Mark Foley over three years before Foley became a household name
• Ken Pollack: we'll find Saddam's bombs also has 5 of 95 comments by Steve
• The poor, dead Shia has no comments by Steve in the 37 posted.

Saturday, June 21, 2003

• "Far worse than we thought" also has 2 of 46 comments by Steve
• It's sabotage also has 7 of 102 comments by Steve
• Eight reasons why WMD matters also has 1 of 81 comments by Steve

Sunday, June 22, 2003

• Quagmire also has 1 of 30 comments by Steve
• Dwarves and midgets also has 4 of 102 comments by Steve
• Bush's Gay Problem has no comments by Steve in the 44 posted.
• War by other means: the 'reconstruction' of Iraq also has 6 of 71 comments by Steve
• What to do about Iran? has no comments by Steve in the 17 posted.

Tuesday, June 24, 2003

• Six British soldiers killed, eight wounded in Iraq also has 7 of 148 comments by Steve
• Iraq: waiting and watching also has 1 of 42 comments by Steve

Wednesday, June 25, 2003

• Analyst pressured to distort WMD data also has 3 of 113 comments by Steve
• Mob killed British soldiers also has 3 of 65 comments by Steve
• So, Judith Miller works for the NY Times and not DOD, right? also has 3 of 61 comments by Steve
• RIAA to sue file traders also has 5 of 49 comments by Steve

Thursday, June 26, 2003

• Unprovoked murder? The culture clash in Iraq and the growing resistance also has 1 of 160 comments by Steve

Friday, June 27, 2003

• Things are getting worse also has 3 of 92 comments by Steve
• Blair vs the BBC also has 2 of 45 comments by Steve

Saturday, June 28, 2003

• US still holds Syrian Border Guards also has 3 of 49 comments by Steve
• Kidnapped GI's found dead also has 3 of 112 comments by Steve
• Time for baby steps also has 1 of 99 comments by Steve

Sunday, June 29, 2003

• What are they afraid of? also has 6 of 66 comments by Steve
• Blair vs the BBC, pt II also has 2 of 54 comments by Steve
• Let's talk about the war also has 3 of 109 comments by Steve

Monday, June 30, 2003

• The National Security talk also has 2 of 46 comments by Steve
• The Shia debate and wait also has 5 of 38 comments by Steve

July 2003

Tuesday, July 1, 2003

• Dr. Dean and the $6 million also has 3 of 73 comments by Steve

Comments have been lost to posterity (see above) from late on July 1 through the morning of August 16, 2003.

Friday, July 4, 2003

• It's worse than it seems
• Liberia won't be easy either
• Abusing history

Saturday, July 5, 2003

• Is this American justice?

Sunday, July 6, 2003

• "That is what you get for working with the Americans"
• Why the US is losing a man a day

Monday, July 7, 2003

• Why Bremer is in trouble
• What to do in Iraq

Tuesday, July 8, 2003

• Closing the Barn Door
• Time to admit the obvious: there are no WMD
• Kill the looters

Wednesday, July 9, 2003

• So how did we wind up in Liberia
• Senior British officials: no WMD to be found-BBC
• About sources

Thursday, July 10, 2003

• Troops? What troops?
• "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" — this was republished two hours later on July 11; the only change was in the last paragraph, where "apoology" was corrected to "apologize".

Friday, July 11, 2003

• Let the fingerpointing begin
• It's time to go, Tony:Clare Short-BBC
• The heat is on Tenet
• The ball is in your court , Mr. Blair
• No planning for postwar Iraq

Sunday, July 13, 2003

• Why lies matter
• Tony Blair: intervene anytime, anywhere
• The cost of war
• A day of lies

Monday, July 14, 2003

• Execute the hostages
• It's freedom ....er Bastille day
• 16 words

Tuesday, July 15, 2003

• Black Thursday
• Korea-US drifting towards war

Wednesday, July 16, 2003

• Rapes rise, respect declines for police in Baghdad
• 'We knew, we just knew'
• Why the complaints matter

Thursday, July 17, 2003

• The rocket's white plume
• The politics of war
• What to do about George?
• Fixing Iraq

Friday, July 18, 2003

• Blair loses ground
• Please shut up
• Some rules of the road

Saturday, July 19, 2003

• UN to demand a quick turnover in Iraq
• They don't get it
• Politics, Iraqi style
• US data on Iraq sketchy

Sunday, July 20, 2003

• It only gets worse for Blair
• US to create Iraqi force
• An Army against itself
• The men of Ward 57
• How to volunteer at military and veterans hospitals
• 1st Cav, 25th ID may be deployed to Iraq

Monday, July 21, 2003

• Wolfowitz 'Leave Iraq alone'
• The Shia debate
• Surviving Ward 57

Tuesday, July 22, 2003

• The disappearing President
• WMD: doesn't matter any more
• CENTCOM: Uday, Qusay killed
• Who is the enemy?

Wednesday, July 23, 2003

• Beyond Saddam
• NYC Councilman killed in City Hall

Thursday, July 24, 2003

• Hussein Bros. firefight backfiring
• The war moves north

Friday, July 25, 2003

• Dick Cheney and his lies
• Heaviest week of combat since end of war

Saturday, July 26, 2003

• Can't they do anything right?
• Dean on the offense
• Bringing in Baker

Sunday, July 27, 2003

• Five soldiers dead in 24 Hours
• Who's going to Iraq next
• More Bad News for Blair
• Marines fire at Shia protestors

Monday, July 28, 2003

• Condi Rice: liar or incompetant?
• Desperation in Iraq
• Begging for books

Tuesday, July 29, 2003

• Playing chicken with Sadr
• What is the DLC up to?
• Another day in Iraq

Wednesday, July 30, 2003

• Our priorities in Iraq, water, power, lights camera, action
• A few words about Bob Hope
• The battle for Iraq's phones
• Bush Speaks
• US alters tactics, limit contact with Iraqis in Fallujah
• Buying more trouble

Thursday, July 31, 2003

• No WMD, but plenty of war
• Another day, two more dead
• Pure idiocy

August 2003

Friday, August 1, 2003

• A job for John
• Suicides an in issue in Iraq
• Iraqi family executes informer

Saturday, August 2, 2003

• Iraqis turn in attacker
• Gay hysteria

Sunday, August 3, 2003

• Afghanistan slipping back to warlordism
• Bush goes on vacation

Monday, August 4, 2003

• Bumbling the war on terror

Tuesday, August 5, 2003

• Casualities hidden, mystery illness hits US troops in Iraq

Wednesday, August 6, 2003

• Beyond water and light in Iraq
• Welcome to the Matrix

Friday, August 15, 2003

• Bush and his friends strike again

The site switched back from HaloScan comments to Movable Type comments during the morning of August 16; comments Steve made to his posts under Movable Type will be noted as in prior diaries. But Steve only posted to the front-page on one more day, though it was a busy one, with Markos both on a long train journey and without luggage.

Thursday, August 28, 2003

• The War against the BBC has no comments by Steve in the 59 posted.
• North Korea: we're a nuclear power also has 2 of 203 comments by Steve
• Dick Cheney's big bonanza also has 1 of 98 comments by Steve
• U.S. Suspects It Received False Iraq Arms Tips also has 1 of 97 comments by Steve

Original Sources

This page is based on the Daily Kos diaries Top Comments: Steve Gilliard on Daily Kos, part 2, published on March 21, 2008; Top Comments: Steve Gilliard on Daily Kos, part 3, published on May 20, 2008; Top Comments: Steve Gilliard on Daily Kos, part 4, published on May 30, 2008, and Top Comments: Steve Gilliard on Daily Kos, part 5, published on June 2, 2008. All four diaries were written by sardonyx.

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